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Scott Reeves Jazz Orchestra - Without a Trace
by Suzanne Lorge, Downbeat Magazine
REEVES' BIG BAND BALANCE
IT WASN'T UNTIL TROMBONIST/ALTO flugelhornist Scott Reeves moved to New York City in 1999 that he began to compose and arrange at the level he'd always envisioned. "I'm either a late bloomer or a slow learner," he joked after the May 12 release concert for Without A Trace (Origin), his second big band album, at Smalls. Or maybe he's the best kind of bandleader - one who's learned how to do it all.
To be... read more
Thomas Marriott - Human Spirit
by Jeff Krow, Audiophile Audition
We've been covering Thomas Marriott since his third CD back in 2007. Last June, he showed that he could more than hold his own when matched with Ray Vega in a trumpet fest. He has been featured as a lead sideman on many of his label mate's CDs. His rise as a first choice trumpeter has been steady, almost meteoric.
His latest CD for Origin is Human Spirit, and it is a joy. Adding a Hammond B-3 to the mix with fellow Northwesterner... read more
Phil Kelly - Ballet of the Bouncing Beagles
by Harvey Siders, JazzTimes
Phil Kelly -- crusader for canines, patriarch of puns, scholar of scoring -- has once again assembled an all-star collection of sidemen and soloists who can sight-read and improvise from some of the most complex charts in all Jazzdom. The mere fact that the likes of Pete Christlieb, Bill Ramsay, Jerry Dodgion, Jay Thomas, Grant Geissman and Gary Hobbs can be persuaded to leave the chummy confines of their studio or teaching gigs and convene in a... read more
Walt Blanton / Tony Branco / John Nasshan - Monuments
by John Barron, All About Jazz
The notion of forming a group with the intention of playing completely improvised music is something that Las Vegas trumpeter Walt Blanton says has always fascinated him. While the concept of performing free-form jazz is nothing new, it is a bold move for an artist, like Blanton, not usually associated with the genre.
After experimenting with sounds and concepts for about a year, Blanton, along with pianist Tony Branco and drummer John... read more
Dana Hall - Into the Light
by Doug Ramsey, Rifftides
Dana Hall, Into The Light (Origin). Drummers who flaunt their technique can be enemies of music when their busyness becomes the center-ring distraction in a band. Dana Hall is a busy drummer, but in his case that's a compliment. He accompanies with waves of rhythmic patterns surging and swelling behind, under and around soloists. This 40-year-old Chicagoan?debuting here as a leader?manages to amalgamate his virtuosity so that he melds... read more
Kim Richmond / Clay Jenkins Ensemble - CrossWeave
by George Harris, All About Jazz/Los Angeles
Altoist supreme Kim Richmond, and his long-time trumpet mate, Clay Jenkins, have put out a neo-bop collection that is at once adventurous, yet accessible. "Crossweave" features a rich selection of cleverly crafted originals, mixed with a few creative arraingements of jazz standards that will keep your interest for multiple listenings.
Be it on the intricate bass line on the opening Richmond composition "Troubleshooter", or on the... read more
Phil Kelly & The SW Santa Ana Winds - My Museum
by Jeff Krow, Audiophile Audition
Another Phil Kelly Masterpiece
Phil Kelly's new Origin CD, My Museum, is a nice follow-up to last year's Grammy nominated Convergence Zone. It has the same crisp arrangements, crystalline acoustics, and hard driving brass. Phil brings swinging arragements to standards such as Jeanine, Body & Soul, and Duke Ellington's Daydream. Kelly's own compositions, Bluelonious, Pleading Dim Cap, Juan Beatov Stomp, Zip Code 2005, and the haunting title... read more
Nick Finzer - The Chase
by Travis Rogers, Jr., The Jazz Owl
Any list of promising young trombonists has got to include Nick Finzer at or near the top. In "The Chase" (Origin Records 82693), his second album as leader, Finzer brings along the best and the brightest: Pianist Glenn Zaleski, Saxman Lucas Pino, guitarist Alex Wintz, Dave Baron on bass and Jimmy Macbride on drums. From the very first track, these guys smoke.
That first track is "Life Happens." Glenn Zaleski starts the album with Finzer and... read more
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